January 9: Exodus 17:15; 1 Samuel 18:17; Psalm 20:5; Psalm 60:4; Isaiah 59:19; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 51:10; Haggai 2:4–5; John 4:35; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Ephesians 6:10; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 10:37; Psalm 4:6–7; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 42:1–2; Psalm 63:1; Luke 10:39; Luke 10:42; John 6:34–35 - a podcast by Crossway

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow.

The Lord is my banner.—For he [the enemy] will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives.

May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners!—“The Lord has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.”—We are more than conquerors through him who loved us.—But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.—The founder of their salvation.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.—Falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land.—“Fight the Lord's battles.”—“Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. Work…. Fear not.”—“Lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.”—“Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.”

Exodus 17:15 (Listen)

15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner,

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1 Samuel 18:17 (Listen)

David Marries Michal

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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Psalm 20:5 (Listen)

5   May we shout for joy over your salvation,
    and in the name of our God set up our banners!
  May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

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Psalm 60:4 (Listen)

4   You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
    that they may flee to it from the bow.¹ Selah

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Isaiah 59:19 (Listen)

19   So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
    and his glory from the rising of the sun;
  for he will come like a rushing stream,¹
    which the wind of the LORD drives.

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Jeremiah 9:3 (Listen)

3   They bend their tongue like a bow;
    falsehood and not truth has grown strong¹ in the land;
  for they proceed from evil to evil,
    and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

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Jeremiah 51:10 (Listen)

10   The LORD has brought about our vindication;
    come, let us declare in Zion
    the work of the LORD our God.

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Haggai 2:4–5 (Listen)

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts, 5 according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.

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John 4:35 (Listen)

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

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Romans 8:37 (Listen)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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1 Corinthians 15:57 (Listen)

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Ephesians 6:10 (Listen)

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

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Hebrews 2:10 (Listen)

10 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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Hebrews 10:37 (Listen)

37 For,

  “Yet a little while,
    and the coming one will come and will not delay;

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“But one thing is necessary.”

There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!” You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.

As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.—O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”—Mary… sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.—One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 4:6–7 (Listen)

6   There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”
7   You have put more joy in my heart
    than they have when their grain and wine abound.

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Psalm 27:4 (Listen)

4   One thing have I asked of the LORD,
    that will I seek after:
  that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
    all the days of my life,
  to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
    and to inquire¹ in his temple.

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Psalm 42:1–2 (Listen)

Book Two

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

To the choirmaster. A Maskil¹ of the Sons of Korah.

42   As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
2   My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
  When shall I come and appear before God?²

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Psalm 63:1 (Listen)

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63   O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
    my soul thirsts for you;
  my flesh faints for you,
    as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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Luke 10:39 (Listen)

39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.

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Luke 10:42 (Listen)

42 but one thing is necessary.¹ Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

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John 6:34–35 (Listen)

34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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